Site Updates:

Here's an easy way to check what's changed on the site. This page can be accessed either by clicking on the "Site last updated" link on the Home page, or from the "News" menu item.

Updates for the previous year can be shown/hidden (below the current year) by clicking here.

2009
Feb. 14	Contents of the Home page scroller updated re Heritage Community Awards and Michael Seaman's presentation.
Jan. 30	Two additions - shipwreck maps of Lake Ontario and Lake Huron - were added to Publications for sale.
Jan. 24	The Robbie Burns event is over (but certainly not forgotten!): back to the Temp. Hospital on the Home page!
Jan. 23	The remaining 2009 walking tour info was added to the Events and Walking Tour pages.
Jan. 13	A very minor revision to the Home page scroller removing the notice that the OHS office reopens at 1 pm Jan. 13 following the holiday break.
Jan. 12	A preliminary 2009 Events page is now on line. Additional events and details will be posted as soon as available. The main image on the Home page was revised to extend to all an invitation to the Jan. 24 Barley & Burns fundraiser event, and the scroller updated accordingly.
Jan. 06	The date image in the header of each page was updated, resized and repositioned. Updates were made to the Home page scroller and the Site Updates page was modified to render the previous year's updates invisible except when selected (see above). Also, the page re rental of OHS facilities was removed in accordance with a revised rental policy. Due to circumstances beyond the control of OHS, this website was unavailable from Dec. 28 to Jan. 05. Our apologies to any who may have been inconvenienced.

2008
Dec. 21	The OHS logo at the top left of the Search page - in common with all other site pages - is now also a clickable link to the Home page. The only exception to this rule is the OHS logo on the page that displays the results for your site search: clicking on that logo will return you to the Search page. [Bet you never noticed! :-) ]
Dec. 16	Background information added re Dr. Brock Chisholm to the Health Care As It Was exhibit. Also, the blue OHS logo at the top left of every page is now also a clickable link to the Home page.
Dec. 14	Images re the Oakville Temporary Hospital on the Home page and on page 2 of Health Care As It Was were revised. The Home page scroller was also updated and the cause of mysteriously disappearing paragraphs from this page was hopefully exorcized.
Dec. 03	"Healthcare As It Was", based on the current exhibit in the OHS archive has been added to the site. It can be found under the "Collection" menu tab (or by clicking on the link above). Image on Home page changed with a link to the Health Care material, and scroller content updated.
Nov. 27	The December 2008 Newsletter (with expanded content and in full colour compared to the printed version) is now available by clicking here.
Nov. 17	Excerpts from The Garden of Canada - Burlington, Oakville and District added to the website, with links from the scrolling window on the Home page and in the menu system under "Collection".
Nov. 07	Scrolling window on Home page updated and Remembrance Day video added (click on Poppy on Home page). Firefox browser requires this plug-in to view the video. Display of scrolling window in Firefox improved.
Nov. 01	Halloween's done - scrolling window on Home page updated re ghost walks.
Oct. 27	"Beautiful Oakville" (and associated pages and links thereto) were added (see the "Collection" menu item), and the Site Map was updated.
Oct. 24	Cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog added to the scrolling window on the Home Page.
Oct. 20	Content of the Home page scroller updated.
Oct. 04	Images on the Home page changed. Subject is from a recent OHS exhibit in its offices. A web version of the exhibit will be included in the website within the next few months.
Sept. 30	The September Newsletter is once again available (it was "lost" during a recent server change). Also, the content of the scroller on the Home page has been updated.
Sept. 19	The September Newsletter was added to the site. As always, this "web version" is in full colour and significantly expanded vs. the print version.
Aug. 08	Scrolling content on Home page revised and date for the Aug 10 "Heritage Main Street of Old Oakville" walk changed to Aug. 17.
July 30	Scrolling content on Home page revised to acknowledge Halton Healthy Community Fund's support and include some links re Emancipation Day.
June 24	Evening with Mike Filey (Events) changed from Wed. Nov. 19 to Tues. Nov. 04. But all are still welcome - and it's still free! :-)
June 09	Removed Concert in the Park from the Home page scroller (which was yesterday).
June 04	Several changes in the scrolling window on the Home page - including the June 24 information meeting re Heritage Preservation (also on the Events page) and acknowledgement of recent funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Community Foundation of Oakville in respect of the Society's Doors Open Oakville initiative.
June 03	The enhanced web version of our June newsletter is now available.
May 27	Minor updates to the scrolling window on the Home Page and the addition of an image on the Historical Walking Tour page.
May 20	Scrolling window on the Home page (Victoria Day image only) and the June 8 event updated.
May 18	Scrolling window on the Home page updated.
May 10	Scrolling window on the Home page updated for a history of the old Oakville Trafalgar High School building on Reynolds Street and for the Town of Oakville's cultural planning process.
Apr. 20	"Then & Now" images on Home page changed.
Apr. 18	A little extra added to the Historical Trafalgar Walk (pg. 4) re the Breweries and Basket Factory.
Apr. 13	The format (but not the content) of the Historical Trafalgar Road Walk section was changed to provide easier navigation and a more pleasing visual appearance. This general approach will also be used for the Heritage Houses in Old Oakville walking tour guide when it is revised. Site map and search engine submissions updated.
Apr. 10	The walking tour guides for all but the Ghost Walks have been added and the menu revised accordingly along with required new pages. This is a work in progress. The Site Map and search engine submissions have yet to be updated to reflect the changes.
Apr. 01	"Oakville by the Lake" - the July 15, 1893 edition of Toronto's The Saturday Globe" added, with links in the Home page scroller and under the "Collection" menu. Congrats to Oakville re Earth Hour achievement added in scroller.
Mar. 29	Changes to the content of the scroller on the Home page and the addition of Dr. Urquhart's pharmacopoeia to examples of recent Donations.
Mar. 22	Minor changes to the Home page scroller content.
Mar. 18	Home page images, links and scroller revised.. Site search facility added.
Mar. 06	Scroller content and Events page updated to include reminder to renew membership with link to membership form.
Feb. 25	Links added on the Home page to Doors Open Oakville (headed up by the Oakville Historical Society) as details are starting to become available.
Feb. 20	Minor revisions to the content of the Home page scroller.
Feb. 14	Minor revisions and the addition of the Text Resizing page to the Site Map and to the Site Map menu item.
Jan. 28	Addition of link to Tollkeeperscottage.ca in scroller on Home page. Oakville's modern-day Trafalgar Road was once a toll road.
Jan. 25	Some of the more obvious display problems in Firefox have been fixed.
Jan. 23	A Site Map was added.
Jan. 20	Redesigned website made public.